This vulnerability gave birth to the Pineapple device with the purpose being pen testing.ДЄ pen test is an authorized attack of a system. WiFi was believed to be inherently flawed making it vulnerable to spoofing attacks, which is basically when a hacker impersonates a device to gain access to a users personal data. DNS Spoofing and session hijacking are the two common types of man in the middle attack used by hackers.ДЇun Fact: The WiFi Pineapple gets itsвЂ™ name due to the antennas attached to the nano device which provides additional gain when compared to other nano devices. This is a form of MiTM (man-in-the-middle-attack), where all the data passes through the man in the middle, in this case, the hacker. Once the user is connected, the hacker can gain access to all the personal data. These devices can be used to intercept and invalidate a legitimate AP (access point) forcing unsuspecting users to connect to a fake network set up by a third party. The difference is that the device uses multiple radios when compared to an ordinary router which use a single radio making it more powerful and effective to execute complex network attacks. In this age, you can build the nano for as less as $25, or just use a raspberry pi that lets you enable monitor mode and packet injection.ДЄ Pineapple device is very similar to a WiFi access point. Who knew a Pineapple was such a marketable commodity eh?

The Pineapple device, popularly known as the, Nano Basic is accessible on various platforms other than the Hak5 Shop, to anyone who can afford to spend $99.99 giving them the ability to pawn any or most internet connected devices around you.

The product was essentially developed to assist IT professionals to check if their networks are vulnerable. The WiFi Pineapple was created as a pen testing device by hak5, a company known for itsвЂ™ infosec technology store.

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